Barrel-stand.



No. 681,246. x n Patmd'Aug. 27, 190|. n. E. MccLAnY & T. s. GRAY.

BARREL STAND.

(Application Blad Apr. 20, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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RUFUS E. MCCLARY AND THOMAS S. GRAY, OF DODD, TEXAS.

BARREL-STAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 681,246, dated August 27, 1901. l l Application led April 20, 1901. Serial No. 56,802. (No model.)

T a/ZZ whom it may concern:

. Be it known that we, RUFUS E. MCCLARY and THOMAS S. GRAY, citizens of the United States, residing at Dodd, in the county of Fannin and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Stands,

of Vwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to barrel-stands, the

` object in view being to provide a simple,

cheap, and convenient stand for holding barrels and casks and permitting the same to be readily turned with slight exertion from a vertical to a horizontal position, and vice versa, thus obviating the danger of leakage and at the same time giving easy access to the contents of the barrel.

AWith the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement hereinafter fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a barrel-stand construct ed in accordance with the present invention, showing the position of the parts after the han rel has beenturned downward into a horizontal position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same and the position the parts occupy when the barrel is standing upright.

Like numerals of reference designate like parts in both figures of the drawings. In carrying out the present invention we provide a suitable base, comprising the supporting-timbers 1, the posts 2, extending upward therefrom and arranged in parallel relation to each other, suitable braces 3, which connect the posts and base-timbers 1, and the connecting cross-bar 4, which joins the basetimbers 1. The base-frame of the stand may also be provided with the longitudinally-extending feet 5 for preventing the ready overturning of the stand.

Pivotally mounted between the posts 2 is a tilting frame comprising a floor or bottom 6, supported upon cross-bars 7, connected to a series of uprights 8 and 9, which uprights are in turn connected rigidly toeach other by means of the horizontal cross-bars 10. The bars 10 are pivotally connected about centrally of their length to the upper ends of the posts 2 by means of bolts or other suitable pivots 11, and it will be noticed that the pivots 11 are arranged at a considerable distance above the floor or bottom 6, upon which the barrel is designed to rest, as indicated in the drawings, the said pivots 11 being located at opposite sides of the barrel and as nearly as practicable in line with the center of the barrel 20, so as to facilitate the turning or tilting of the barrel from a vertical to a h0rizontal position, and vice versa,without throwing a greater portion of the weight of the barrel and its contents on one side of the pivots than on the other.

The uprights S at one side of ,the tilting frame are extended below the bottom 6 to form rests or feet 12, adapted to bear on the ground or floor upon which the stand is placed and support the barrel in an upright position, as shown in Fig. 2. The uprights 9 at the opposite sides of the tilting frame are extended above the cross-bars 10 to form handle-bars, which are provided with terminal handles 13, by means of which the tilting frame and barrel may be turned.

The handle-bars 9 are provided at suitable points with stop-shoulders 14, which. come in contact with the posts 2 for limiting the movement of the tilting framewhen moved downward to the position shown in Fig. 1. In order to lock the tilting frame in said position, a latch-lever 15 is pivotally mounted at 16 on one of the handle-bars and provided with a latch-lip 17, adapted to engage behind the adjacent post 2. The latch-lever is op erated by hand, and its outer end is held within and supported by a suitable keeper 18. The tilting frame is thus held lockedin the proper position for holding the barrel in a substantially horizontal position when drawing the contents therefrom through a faucet applied to the bung-hole thereof.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the barrel or cask is supported at or adjacent to its center and that thereby the tilting frame and barrel supported thereon may be easily and with slight @dort turned from a vertical to a horizontal position, or vice versa, by grasping the handles 13, and, further, that the tilting frame may be locked in one of its adjusted positions. The pivots 11 are preferably arranged slightly to one side of the center of the bar 10, so that any IOO excess of weight will be on that side of the frame which when the barrel is in an upright position is provided with the feet or supports 12,Which rest on the oor or ground, thus preventing the accidental tipping of the barrel.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A barrel stand comprising a base and standards rising therefrom, in combination with a tilting frame consisting of parallel handle-bars, parallel bars projecting at right angles from the handle-bars, and pivotally secured to the standards at one side of the longitudinal center of said projecting bars, I 

